diff --git a/src/OpenAC.MosswartMassacre/Streams/ChatLineText.cs b/src/OpenAC.MosswartMassacre/Streams/ChatLineText.cs
index 4afc8df..93d555e 100644
--- a/src/OpenAC.MosswartMassacre/Streams/ChatLineText.cs
+++ b/src/OpenAC.MosswartMassacre/Streams/ChatLineText.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ internal static class ChatLineText
 
     public static string Of(in PluginChatMessage message)
     {
+        // The host's own wording, tell links included, is the text the
+        // original was handed; the rest of this method is the fallback for a
+        // line the host did not word.
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(message.DisplayText))
+            return message.DisplayText;
+
         string text = message.Text ?? string.Empty;
         string sender = message.Sender ?? string.Empty;
         bool own = string.IsNullOrEmpty(sender) || sender == "You";
diff --git a/tests/OpenAC.MosswartMassacre.Tests/Fakes/FakeAutomation.cs b/tests/OpenAC.MosswartMassacre.Tests/Fakes/FakeAutomation.cs
index daad549..5f3b822 100644
--- a/tests/OpenAC.MosswartMassacre.Tests/Fakes/FakeAutomation.cs
+++ b/tests/OpenAC.MosswartMassacre.Tests/Fakes/FakeAutomation.cs
@@ -400,11 +400,13 @@ public sealed class RecordingChat : IPluginChat
         string channelName = "",
         int logTextType = 0,
         int combatKind = 0,
-        uint senderObjectId = 0u)
+        uint senderObjectId = 0u,
+        string displayText = "")
     {
         var message = new PluginChatMessage(
             _nextSequence++, senderObjectId, kind, sender, text, channelName)
         {
+            DisplayText = displayText,
             LogTextType = logTextType,
             CombatKind = combatKind,
             Received = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow,
diff --git a/tests/OpenAC.MosswartMassacre.Tests/Streams/StreamGoldenTests.cs b/tests/OpenAC.MosswartMassacre.Tests/Streams/StreamGoldenTests.cs
index 10dbbc0..f742034 100644
--- a/tests/OpenAC.MosswartMassacre.Tests/Streams/StreamGoldenTests.cs
+++ b/tests/OpenAC.MosswartMassacre.Tests/Streams/StreamGoldenTests.cs
@@ -181,6 +181,25 @@ public sealed class StreamGoldenTests
             Assert.Single(harness.Frames));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void Chat_uses_the_hosts_wording_with_tell_links_stripped_like_the_original()
+    {
+        // The original read DECAL's chat text, which carries tell links; its
+        // chat stream stripped tags (ChatEventRouter.cs:83-91), and its
+        // !report check looked for allegiance lines ending in !report".
+        using var harness = LoggedIn();
+
+        harness.Host.Automation.Chat.Deliver(
+            "!report", kind: 2, sender: "Horan", channelName: "Allegiance", logTextType: 18,
+            displayText: "[Allegiance] <Tell:IIDString:1342177282:Horan>Horan<\\Tell> says, \"!report\"");
+
+        Assert.Equal(
+            "{\"type\":\"chat\",\"timestamp\":\"" + Stamp + "\",\"character_name\":\"Mossy\","
+            + "\"text\":\"[Allegiance] Horan says, \\\"!report\\\"\",\"color\":18}",
+            Assert.Single(harness.Frames));
+        Assert.StartsWith("/a Total Kills: 0, Kills per Hour: ", Assert.Single(harness.Host.Automation.Chat.Submitted));
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void Spawn_frame_has_string_coordinates()
     {